Where does “aivovaltimo” come from?

aivovaltimo (Finnish) comes from Finnish aivot, from Proto-Finnic aivo, from Proto-Uralic ajŋe — brain.

aivovaltimo (Finnish): cerebral artery

Definitions

  1. cerebral artery

Ancestry of “aivovaltimo”, step by step

aivovaltimo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish aivot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaivotbrain
2Proto-Finnicaivobrain
3Proto-Uralicajŋebrain

via Finnish valtimo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaltimoartery
2Finnishvalta-main, principal

Words derived from “aivovaltimo”

Every word from Proto-Uralic ajŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic aivo →Every word from Finnish aivot →